I hope that I can give my hon. Friend that assurance. He is right to say that, under the old system, the calculations used to involve knocking off the highest and lowest amounts. We are now putting in place a system that will involve the calculation of a genuine median across the market. Some of the issues raised by the hon. Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey will be dealt with by that system. I can give my hon. Friend the Member for Edmonton the assurance that 50 per cent. of the accommodation will always be available—
Welfare Reform Bill
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Anne McGuire
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 9 January 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Welfare Reform Bill.
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